Recent Graduate Residency
The Recent Graduate Residency offers a unique and substantial professional development opportunity to emerging artists.
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Recent Graduate Residency Award is a professional development opportunity aimed at recent graduate artists in Ireland. The Recent Graduate Residency Award 2026 offers a large free studio for one year, a €7,000 artist bursary, and a variety of institutional supports, to an artist who has graduated from an undergraduate degree in the past three years.
The Recent Graduate Residency Award assists artists in focusing their studio practices at this crucial point in their careers. It provides an opportunity for emerging artists to develop their careers in Dublin city, within the creative community of Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, and among the professional artists who work there.
In 2026, this opportunity is aimed at all artists who have graduated from a Fine Art (or related) BA/BFA in any recognised university or third level institution in Ireland in the past three years, and Irish artists who have graduated from a Fine Art (or related) BA/BFA outside of Ireland in the past three years (2025/2024/2023).
Online Q+A Session
Monday 30 March 2025, 2pm
TBG+S Programme Curator Michael Hill hosts an informal online session to help guide applicants through the submission process for the TBG+S Recent Graduate Residency Award. Michael will take participants through the application form step-by-step offering tips and advice.
There will be time for questions and discussing other opportunities that TBG+S offers throughout each year. We have included an FAQ document with useful tips in the download section of this page. We recommend reading through this in advance of the Q+A session.
The session is free to attend and will take place on Zoom. Registration is essential. Please note, a zoom account is required to register.
How to Apply
The open call for applications to the Recent Graduate Residency 2026 is now open.
Please download the Studio Application Guidelines 2026 below and read carefully before downloading and filling out the TBG+S Recent Graduate Residency Form. It may also be useful to read through the FAQ document as there are some useful tips included intended guide anyone who is unsure through filling out the form.
Please send completed applications to apply@templebargallery.com before the deadline.